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How can I handle a toxic but talented employee at work?

By Andi Roberts|2025-08-30T18:49:50+01:00August 30, 2025|Categories: Leadership questions|Tags: balancing performance and culture at work, cost of toxic workplace culture, employee trust and psychological safety, handling a toxic high performer, how to deal with a toxic employee, impact of toxic employees on culture, leadership strategies for toxic team members, managing difficult but talented employees, protecting team culture as a leader, toxic employee management|

What do you do when one of your top performers is also the most toxic presence on your team? This article explores five leadership lenses that reveal the hidden costs, relational fractures, and cultural risks of tolerating toxicity, and offers practical moves to protect trust, balance results, and safeguard the future of your team